I am back home after my little 2 day trek. We had a good time and found some nice dirt and gravel roads to explore. Our weekend was not without a few little issues but nothing major.
First we encountered a problem when arriving at Monadnock State Park. The ranger informed us that they were full up at the campground. The good side was that he had just checked Greenfield State Park and they had plenty of available sites. They were maybe 20 miles back up the way we came.
On the way there, Dave took us on a side route to show me an area he has traveled in a lot. In doing so we passed some dirt roads so on the return I lead us down one of those. It was nice, a big loop around and we enjoyed the ride very much. Following that we headed to camp and checked in, then set up camp. It began raining as we headed to the village for dinner at the Side Trax Cafe. It looked to be an old train station and was full up with locals. We each had the haddock dinner, delcicious, full portions and a great meal. We decided we were coming back fro breakfast.
We left and stopped up the street at the store, by now the rain felt like a Hurricane. We decided to back up to the restaurant and sit at the counter with coffee, hoping it would let up. It did, but not much so after an hour we headed to our wet camp. Was not long and we turned in as the rain kept falling, in fact it did most of the night.
Morning came and it was damp, even a slight drizzle. We broke camp and went and found some dirt roads to ride for about an hour and then returned fro breakfast. After breakfast, we decided to head towards home but jump off route at every dirt road we found. Had some great riding and fun, and eventually arrived back home feeling good about our adventure. I think we are also better prepared for VT in 2 weeks.
Pat in NH
